Mixed Martial Arts

Demian Maia was supposed to face off with Josh Koscheck this weekend, but an injury to Koscheck has left him unable to compete. Instead of finding a replacement, the UFC has opted to hook Maia up in a match with Jake Shields for later this year. There has been no event or date announced for the bout, but that may be because the fight card itself has not been announced. There was the rumor of Vitor Belfort fighting in Brazil this fall, and that would make sense if that fight card happens to have Maia on it as well.

On August 9th in Los Angeles, BAMMA USA is putting on the TigerHeart event in Los Angeles to benefit the City of Lights International foundation at the Commerce Casino. The City of Light Foundation is dedicated to help rescue babies from all over the world. 30% of all ticket sales for the TigerHeart event will go toward the 1st babies home in Uganda to be completed by September of this year.

Bellator is a different type of MMA promotion, because they like to run tournaments that determine the true number one contenders of a division. Heading into their seventh season they have announced three out of the four tournaments that will be held during the season. The tournaments are for featherweight, lightweight, welterweight, and middleweight. Here is the tournaments and fighters announced so far.

On Friday, August 16th, the "City of Lights" will become the "City of Fights" as Resurrection Fighting Alliance (RFA) brings its action-packed, exciting, live MMA event to Los Angeles, California. RFA 9 - Munhoz vs. Curran will see two of MMA's top jiu-jitsu black belts, Pedro "The Young Punisher" Munhoz (8-0) and Jeff "Big Frog" Curran (36-15-1), square off for the vacant RFA bantamweight title.